wā

From Proto-Polynesian *wasa (“interval (of space or time)”) (compare with Maori wā (“to stamp, to trample, to brace with one's feet”), Tahitian va, Tongan vā (“distance”), Samoan vā (“space”)).[1][2]

wā

1. time
2. noise

• IPA^(key): /wa³³/

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wā

1. (Patsho) flour

   Veului nühei wa nü alau-ie.

   Blend together the eggs and flour.

   Vei nü wa thih-a ana nui.

   Grind down the rice into flour.

wā (wa¹, Zhuyin ㄨㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凫
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 劸
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哇
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啒
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗗
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媧／娲
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徍
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挖
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搲
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攨
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汘
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汚, 污
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 洼
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溛
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漥
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畖
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穵
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窊, 窌
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窪／洼
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聉
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛙
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞉
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮭／鲑
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲐
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼃
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凹

From Proto-Polynesian *wasa (“interval (of space or time)”) (compare with Hawaiian wā, Tahitian va, Tongan vā (“distance”), Samoan vā (“space”)).[1][2]

wā

1. time

• “wā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

wā

1. four
2. fourth

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